It's a girl - but can baby Sarkozy win Dad votes?

The new First Baby makes French headlines as the papers ask if she will improve Dad's poll ratings. They also ask why we don't have more sympathy for Greece, and if Ségolène Royal can still be relevant to French politics.

IN THE PAPERS

By Elena CASAS

Le Parisien reckons that while President Sarkozy and wife Carla must be thrilled, it won't help them in the polls.

Liberation asks its readers how they would feel if they were Greek - and calls on them to have more sympathy.

Le Figaro profiles 14 candidates to be French president in 2012 - although they may not all stand.

And Ségolène Royal is still on the front pages - she tells Le Parisien she's behind her ex François Hollande all the way.

Elena Casas Montanez

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